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Saint-François, Guadeloupe

Field	Value
name	Saint-François
commune status	Commune
image	Mairie de Saint-François.JPG
caption	The town hall of Saint-François
map	Locator map of Saint-François 2018.png
map caption	Location of the commune (in red) within Guadeloupe
arrondissement	Pointe-à-Pitre
canton	Saint-François
INSEE	97125
postal code	97118
mayor	Jean-Luc Perian
term	2024–2026
intercommunality	CA La Riviéra du Levant
coordinates
elevation min m	0
elevation max m	67
area km2	61.00
population
population date
population footnotes

Saint-François (; ) is a town and commune in the French overseas department of Guadeloupe, located in the southeast point of the main island of Grande-Terre.

Settlements include Chassaing, and Dubedou.

There are four public preschools and eight public primary schools.

The Collège Alexandre Macal is a public junior high school.

Population

|graph-pos = right |1967 |5789 |1974 |5593 |1982 |6972 |1990 |7987 |1999 |10659 |2007 |13886 |2012 |14797 |2017 |12816

La Pointe des Châteaux

La Pointe des Châteaux is a peninsula that extends into the Atlantic Ocean.

Eleven kilometres east of Saint-François, a large littoral strip, La Pointe des Châteaux hosts rare fauna and flora, some of which are indigenous to the site.

It attracts about 500,000 visitors per year. North-west of the Pointe des Châteaux's clifftop is beach les Grandes Salines.

Transportation

The city's air needs are fulfilled by the Saint-François Airport.

Gallery

File:Croix Pointe des Chateaux.JPG|Cross at the very clifftop of the Pointe des Châteaux File:Pointe des Chateaux Sud.JPG|Cross at the Pointe des Châteaux and La Désirade out far File:La Desirade Pointe des chateaux.JPG|A far view of La Désirade from the Pointe des Châteaux File:Pointe des chateaux Guadeloupe.JPG|Pointe des Châteaux, Guadeloupe File:Plage des Grandes Salines Guadeloupe.JPG|The long beach of Grandes Salines at Pointe des Châteaux File:Plage des Grandes Salines Guadeloupe 2.JPG|The long beach of Grandes Salines at Pointe des Châteaux

References

(12 March 2025). "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises.
"[http://www.ac-guadeloupe.fr/sites/default/files/liste_des_ecoles_publiques_et_privees_sous_contrat.pdf LISTE DES ECOLES PUBLIQUES ET PRIVEES SOUS CONTRAT]." {{interlanguage link. Académie de la Guadeloupe. fr. Retrieved on 10 March 2018.
"[http://www.ac-guadeloupe.fr/sites/default/files/documents/www_etablissements_du_2nd_degre_public_2017-2018.pdf Établissements du 2nd degré PUBLIC 2017-2018] {{Webarchive. link. (2018-03-07 ." {{interlanguage link). Académie de la Guadeloupe. fr. Retrieved on 10 March 2018.
[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/4515315?geo=COM-97125#ancre-POP_T1 Population en historique depuis 1968], INSEE

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